You read a list of terms including blind date.Later someone asks you which word on the list was the name of a fruit,and you fail to think of date.Why?
A)Representativeness heuristic
B)Law of effect
C)Proactive interference
D)Encoding specificity

Question

You read a list of terms including blind date.Later someone asks you which word on the list was the name of a fruit,and you fail to think of date.Why?​
A)Representativeness heuristic
B)​Law of effect
C)​Proactive interference
D)​Encoding specificity

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Encoding specificity principle explains this situation because the context in which you learned the term "blind date" did not cue you to think of "date" as a fruit later on.

You Read a List of Terms Including Blind Date